Following my top ten TIFF list of titles available piece that I published a couples of hours back, TIFF released the lengthy list of titles that are looking for deals. Among those that I didn't mention in my top ten but could have easily have been there is the omission of Micmacs à tire-larigot
How could you go wrong with character names such as Tommy Sweet, Jean Craddock and Bad Blake? Fox Searchlight has boarded a low budget indie pic which apparently works with a Tender Mercies-like plot and features a strong foursome of Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhall, Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall.
An indication that Atom Egoyan's Chloe will most definitely find a competition slot in Venice, TIFF has uncharacteristically went with a foreign English language title as the film festival's opening night selection. The spot usually reserved for a Canadian film went to Jon Amiel's unsold Creation which will have its world premiere on the 10th of September.